Hi, I was hoping to make like a short little Christmas or new years skit but the thought had slipped my mind. This will probably be posted around the one year anniversary for this fic. Anyway, enjoy this chapter.
Jaune breathed calmly as he continued on through the snowy terrain. Not a care on whether it was night or day. While the attacking mercenaries were annoying, they would at least make the trip interesting, besides ammunition for Pars Lunea is way too expensive. He knows just where he is now as the mountains separate and the ruins of an old bridge. A short cut to the city of Argus.
His thoughts were interrupted by the loud cawing of a Nevermore as it descended from the mountain peaks. Jaune unsheathed Sapentaoi and began charging aura into the blade, a white glow enveloping the weapon. Jaune lept into the air as the nevermore was about to snatch him up with its beak and swung his blade with a loud battle cry.
Beacon, The day after Initiation.
Oscar awoke early, a habit he had gained from Jaune's surprise visits (read surprise training week). Looking up from the darkness he saw his teammates still asleep while moonlight still covered the sky. He was shocked by Ozpin's decision but didn't want to doubt the headmaster. He laid back down and turned to face the clock; 5:51 it beamed.
Oscar thought back to many things; how Jaune had rescued him, how the Xiao-Long/Rose family took him in, how beautiful Ruby was...
A blush spread across his face as he shook his head, trying to forget that last thought. He sighed and closed his eyes, trying to get a normal sleep for once.
He was shaken awake by the storm of chaos that was Nora Valkyrie before she threw him out of bed. Look at the clock it read 7:59, not exactly something to worry about. He crashed to the floor and released a groan as he lay flat on his stomach.
"Get up sleepyhead, the day is ripe and I want to smash Grimm," Nora said, poking his head as he tried to pull himself up. "Nora please stop poking him, he's trying to get up" spoke the much calmer voice of Lie Ren. Nora pouted a bit before lifting Oscar to his feet and letting go.
Oscar stabilized himself the moment his feet hit the floor and turned to Ren, giving him a quick "Thanks". He then walked to the wardrobe with his uniform and grabbed it before looking around the room, all his teammates were dressed. He walked to the bathroom and changed into his uniform before returning and glancing at his teammates.
An awkward air crept into the room as no one said a word before Nora broke the tension. "Well, we've got about an hour until class, what do you guys want to do?". "I think a"- whatever Pyrrha was about to say was interrupted by the sounds of crashing and construction in team Rwby's dorm room. "Should we go check on them?" Ren asked. "I'll go" Oscar offered.
He walked into the hallway and peeked into the doorway of Rwby's dorm. What he saw confused him as he saw Ruby and her team moving around various possessions and modifying their beds. Ruby noticed him, waved hello, then returned to her work.
Oscar waved back before closing the door, walking back to his dorm room, and closing the door.
Back with Jaune
Jaune had his right hand shoved into one of the nevermore's eye socket as the two were spiraling towards the ground. Jaune showed no fear as he twisted his arm before pushing it in further. He shifted his Sapentaoi and stabbed it through the nevermore's head, the tip jutting out of the top.
The two of them crashed as the crater was stained by a blanket of Grimm essence. Jaune picked himself up, wiped the remains of the splattered Grimm off his clothes and continued on his mary way towards Argus.
Beacon
Oscar was bored, their teacher couldn't shut up for his life, and there was still an hour left in class. Pyrrha, Ren, and that white-haired girl (Weiss) were actually paying attention, or rather, trying to. Nora and Ruby had lost focus while yang had fallen asleep and her partner (Blake) was reading a book full of smut.
Oscar sighed internally before Port requested a volunteer for a combat demonstration, Weiss put her hand up immediately.
A cage was brought in while Weiss was fitted in her combat gear. She raised her rapier as the door to the cage flew open and a Boarbatusk ran out. The Grimm reared its head, aimed its tusks and charged.
Their weapons clashed before they separated, circling one another, waiting for the other's next move. "Aim for the stomach," Ruby said, hoping to help her teammate. Weiss just huffed in anger and turned to argue with her partner. The Boarbatusk rushed the moment Weiss turned her head and swiftly disarmed the heiress.
Weiss' frustration grew as Ruby continued speaking to her and snapped back in an annoyed tone; "I can handle myself!". Ruby shut up as Weiss used her glyphs to maneuver around the Grimm and retrieve her weapon. The Boarbatusk charged once more but was met with a slash to its side, knocking it to the ground. Before Weiss thrust her blade into the Grimm's stomach.
A smug grin edged itself onto her face as the Grimm fated into dust. She put her rapier to her side and walked off as Port complemented her fighting capabilities.
After class Ruby, with Oscar following, trailed Weiss and confronted her on her behavior.
Weiss snapped back and insulted Ruby's leadership skills, leaving her to run off and cry while Oscar trailed after her. Weiss' smug grin returned and she headed to her next class.
After some looking Oscar managed to find Ruby crying in one of the janitors' closets. Ruby continued crying as Oscar comforted her. "Do you think I'm a bad leader?" Ruby asked between tears. "No Ruby, it's only the first day, you haven't done anything wrong" Oscar spoke, hugging the girl closely.
Ruby cried into his chest as he patted her on the back, continuing to ease her fears. "She doesn't know what she's talking about, she's just jealous" he spoke. Ruby sniffed and hugged him tightly. "If she's right?" Ruby asked, the tears lessening. "You got in two years ahead, Ozpin saw something in you, there is a reason why he made you team leader" Oscar continued.
"Yes, there is" quipped a voice from behind. The two teens looked to see Ozpin, mug still in hand and cane to his side, walking over to them.
Jaune
After a long trek through the mountains, Jaune took his first break. He starred out at the cliff's edge while enjoying the momentary calm.
He relaxed his body as the sun rose over the horizon. that calm remained as he got up and stretched.
He couldn't waste much time, Argus was just a few kilometers away, and he wanted to get there before the last set of trains leave for the day.
He walked through the snow and reached the final part of his journey to Argus, a narrow ridge between two mountains. He knows this is a perfect ambush spot but consequences be damned.
This thought process would bite him as the moment he was halfway through the ridge both ends were blocked and several mercenaries in full combat armor and a tall figure in a greatcoat descended from the top. The mercenary leader approached Jaune, weapon raised and stance wary.
"Would you look at what we found boys, some wanderer going about, now why are you here?" the leader questioned, voice edged with sarcasm and his gun trained at Jaune's head. "Just some traveler, taking a shortcut" Jaune retorted. "Don't think yourself so coy Immortal, we know who you are" the leader explained, voice growing smug. "So how about you just surrender yourself and this will be done easy" he finished.
Jaune didn't give him any response as he looked the man right into his visor and rolled his eyes. "Are you even listening?" the man said. Jaune stayed silent before sighing to himself.
The leader grew impatient and moved to bash the butt of his gun into Jaune's abdomen. Jaune stopped this by grabbing said weapon and breaking it with his hand. The other mercenaries moved and opened fire, lead hitting the ground while slag bounced off of Jaune's aura.
The leader jumped back and withdrew his pistol. He fired while Jaune stood nonchalantly before the last of the ammo in their clips were spent.
The mercenaries looked at each other in a mix of confusion and fear and they saw Jaune completely fine. "shouldn't he be dead?" one of them asked, fear evident in his voice. "Why do you think he's called the Immortal" another retorted.
Their banter was cut short as Jaune withdrew Sapentaoi and sliced through two of them. The others could barely react as Jaune sliced them down before he looked to the leader.
This was stopped as the tall figure moved in front of him, his face obscured by a decorated mask and peaked cap. The man said nothing as blades extended out of his wrists and he rushed in.
Their blades met with a loud metallic cling.
The figure held its arms up as Jaune swung to decapitate him, only being sent back. The leader finished reloading and fired.
His attempted attack was stopped as Jaune shifted his blade and sliced off the leader's forearms. He screamed in pain before Jaune grabbed him by the chest and surged his aura into the man, hitting him with the kinetic force of the slag stream from earlier.
The leader slumped down dead as the figure rushed in and struck Jaune in the chest, sending him back once more. Jaune gave the figure an annoyed look and took a more defensive battle stance, one leg back. The figure planted their left foot, similar to Jaune's own stance.
A concussive blast echoed as the two rushed forward and their blades met. Jaune lowered his blade and swung for the figure's midsection while the figure went right for his head.
When the two were opposite one another the figure stood triumphant for a moment before falling with his halves separated. Jaune showed no reaction as aura swelled on a vertical line through the center of his face.
Jaune looked back, expecting a dead man, only to be met the scene of his upper half crawling towards him while his lower half turned to mist.
He groaned as he saw the coat tear away to reveal pitch black skin with bone white armor while the mask and wrist blades remained as the only set of clothing on it.
It jumped at Jaune, wrist blades extending out once he was airborne, bloodlust emanating from its being. Its assault was cut short as Jaune grabbed the Grimm by the neck and shattered the mask with an aura infused punch.
The figure's body slumped and started turning into mist while Jaune got a look at its face. "Grimmification, poor bastard, these will be useful though" he muttered, taking the figure's wrist blades and putting them on.
With that over he continued on his way, testing his new blades by slicing through the boulder in his way.
Beacon
Oscar held Ruby's hand as the two returned to their dorm rooms, the words Ozpin said still fresh in their minds. "How important do you think I really am?" Ruby asked, slightly nervous. "Well, Ozpin took notice of you and Jaune told you that you would do great things in your life" Oscar answered. "I know but still, it feels like Jaune was just trying to be nice," Ruby said. "You know that he can be quite literally at times, maybe he was being honest?" Oscar tried.
"Still, you heard what was said, let's just try to go past it and better ourselves" he suggested. Ruby looked him in the eyes and nodded. "Ok, well I guess I'll see you tomorrow," she said before pecking his cheek and running to her dorm room.
Oscar momentarily shut down as he stood there, thinking about what Ruby just did before his face lit up and he walked to his own dorm room. The small smile on his face as he walked there shone brightly the entire time.
Jaune
Jaune had finished his journey to Argus, taking in the scenery of the bustling city as he walked to the monorail system.
So Yeah you guys, I want to say thanks for sticking with my inconsistent updating for the year. This is the first story of mine that had actually lasted a year before I just stopped writing. Thank you, everyone, who has allowed this story to grow. I wish you all a good year.
Here's the two stories I have polled, that I'll work on after finishing this fic.
Hero's Mind: A crossover between My Hero Academia and Red vs Blue, in this Izuku's quirk is a manifest of his personalities that take the form of AIs, how will all this affect the world of MHA. 1 Vote.
Grievous Arc: A Jaune betrayed story where after his transcripts were discovered nearly all the students tried to kill him, and some almost succeeded, he is then found by Salem's faction and rebuilt to be her champion. A general of metal and rage, he will soon take his revenge. 7 Votes